How to pronounce “aculeate”

Meaning

• [Adjective]
• Having a sting; sharp like a prickle.
• Having prickles or sharp points.
• (entomology) Having a stinger; stinging.
• [Noun]
• Any insect of the infraorder Aculeata, which have ovipositors modified into stingers.

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Similar Sounds

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